Secret Keepers A Novel
Secret Keepers A Novel by Mindy Friddle, published by Picador on May 25, 2010, is a first edition work that spans 304 pages. The story centers on Emma Hanley, a seventy-two-year-old woman who plans to escape her small-town life in Palmetto, South Carolina, only to face unexpected challenges following her husband’s sudden death. As she navigates the complexities of her grown children’s lives, including her daughter Dora’s struggles with compulsive shopping and her son Bobby’s health issues, Emma finds herself drawn into a web of family secrets.
Readers will discover how the return of Dora’s old flame, Jake Carey, brings both change and revelation to the Hanley family. With his passion for gardening and a troubled past, Jake’s presence rekindles memories and uncovers long-buried secrets that have affected the family for years. This novel explores themes of family life and the dynamics of small-town existence, offering a nuanced portrayal of relationships and personal growth amidst adversity.
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At age seventy-two, Emma Hanley has finally made a plan to get out of small-town Palmetto, South Carolina, and travel the globe with her husband. But when he dies suddenly, just before their departure, she’s taken up with the problems of her grown children. Her once free-spirited daughter, Dora, turns to compulsive shopping and a controlling husband, hoping to blot out her wayward past. Her son, Bobby, still lives with her, struggling with the illness that robbed him of his childhood promise.
But then Dora’s old flame Jake Carey returns to Palmetto with a broken heart and a gift for gardening, and soon the town is filled with mysterious, potent botanicals and resurgent memories. Before long, Jake and his group of helpers begin to unearth the secrets that have divided the Hanleys for decades.
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